Preheat oven to 190°C. Place a baking tray in the oven. Use the pastry to line a 3cm deep, 24cm (base) fluted flan tin with removable base. Trim the edge. Line the base with non-stick baking paper and fill with rice or baking beans.

Step 2

Place on the hot tray and bake for 10 minutes. Remove paper and rice.

Step 3

Spread the crab in the pastry case. Arrange camembert slices over crab meat and top with asparagus.

Step 4

Whisk the eggs, cream and lemon rind together. Pour over the filling. Bake 30-35 minutes or until just set.

Try this: You can substitute the crab and camembert with salmon and brie.

Ratings & Comments

Ratings & Comments

Yummy. Used fresh blue manna crab. Made my own pastry from your sight. First time I''ve ever made pastry. Quiche tasted good and looked impressive.

5Telly12345 added this comment at
01:06pm Tue 8th January, 2013

I used puff pastry instead of shortcut pastry, the recipe is easy to follow and tastes really nice. It's a regular on our dinner table now :)

3.5lucky82 added this comment at
12:39pm Tue 7th December, 2010

I love all these ingredients seperately, however I didn't think they meshed well together at all!! Each to their own though :)

5Newie76 added this comment at
09:28pm Sat 1st May, 2010

Loved this quiche - however I used shaved ham and Brie cheese instead. Was a winner. Would make again.

4.5pustikat added this comment at
04:14pm Sun 25th April, 2010

Didn't have camembert so used grated tasty cheese instead. Flavour of the crab was not strong enough. Tasted better cold.

5Victoria_K added this comment at
08:42pm Sat 17th October, 2009

I changed mine around a bit with what I had in the fridge, I used smoked trout instead of crab, a little garlic and herb bousin cheese instead of camembert, and I used Maggie Beer's recipe for Sour Cream pastry for the crust. But it was fantastic all the same!
I have a photo on my blog - http://porridgeandstalebread.blogspot.com/

5jane1474 added this comment at
05:26pm Tue 27th January, 2009

"wow, that's flash darl" was his comment, "its restauarant quality" - i was thrilled, you see we had a bad week - was a bhp employee and just lost his job - so i thought is best to go through the fridge, freezer and pantry and see what i could cook, the next night we had beef, guiness and dumplings - i did use crown lager (we didn't have any guinness) and added some thick soy sauce with steamed vegies- delicious, last night was spinach and ricotta canneloni with salad - tonight we are having left overs...

3paddy05 added this comment at
09:07pm Sat 13th December, 2008

Not to my taste. I didn't like the cheese/fish combination. Much prefer a simple ham or bacon based quiche.

4Anita82 added this comment at
06:10pm Wed 12th November, 2008

Made this dish for Melbourne Cup lunch. Everyone loved it. Was great at room temperature. I recommend using good quality camembert cheese.

4.5ladyface added this comment at
02:58pm Sat 1st November, 2008

i loved this and so did the kids, i was naughty and used a little extra camembert, but then i used lite cream so i didnt feel so guilty...

5GildaM added this comment at
02:44pm Mon 18th August, 2008

This dish was delicious. I didnt add the asparugus, but i did add red onion to the cream & egg mixture. Husband had seconds and thirds. Not the best for the waistline, but sometimes you just have to do it. Will definatly make this again.

5gracey added this comment at
03:38pm Thu 17th July, 2008

Made this recipe because I found tinned crab meat on a really good special, but had no idea how to use it!
I added some spring onions with the crab because it seemed a bit bland otherwise, especially since I didn't have any asparagus.Also replaced cream with light evaporated milk so it was healthier, and made into mini-quiches in pie tins.
3 of us, who'd never had crab before, really liked it! Tasted very fancy, like cafe food.

5scodar added this comment at
09:57pm Wed 28th May, 2008

My husband and I loved this quiche! It was so quick and easy. We loved everything about it and will definitely be making this again soon.

5LucyLu added this comment at
05:34pm Mon 25th February, 2008

I made this yesterday for some friends and it was so easy and everyone loved it. I've already had people ask for the recipe. I'm thinking of when I can make it again. It's a winner !!

3valleymist added this comment at
05:52pm Tue 21st August, 2007

I used the crab & camembert version of this recipe and found it to be very bland, not much taste to it at all

5layla added this comment at
02:39pm Tue 17th July, 2007

This is the most delicious quiche that I have ever eaten. It is also one of the most easiest to make. I used smoked salmon, camberet and puff pastry. My dinner party guests thought it was AMAZING!!! I cooked another for an engagement party and added the zest of 2 lemons and it tasted even better.